Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

That’s right. The Leader of the House is playing a tricky tactic, Mr Speaker. Vote for the motion. We call on you to vote for the suspension and then we will have a full debate.

Mr Speaker, I would have thought, as the Treasurer was trying to answer questions today, that he would have had a little experience in dealing with taxes. After all, since 2007 Labor has announced and introduced new and increased taxes on 13 different occasions. But on the 13th occasion the Treasurer broke new ground: he would not tell the Australian people how much the tax was going to raise. He would not tell the Australian people—

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